Folktales and Society
Author | : Linda Dégh |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780253316790 |
A study of the Szeklers and their folktales.
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Author | : Linda Dégh |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780253316790 |
A study of the Szeklers and their folktales.
Author | : Thomas E. Barden |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780813913353 |
What do devil dogs, witches, haunted houses, Daniel Boone, Railroad Bill, "Justice John" Crutchfield, and lost silver mines have in common? All are among the subjects included in the vast collection of legends gathered between 1937 and 1942 by the field workers of the Virginia Writers Project of the WPA. For decades following the end of the project, these stories lay untouched in the libraries of the University of Virginia. Now, folklorist Thomas E. Barden brings to light these delightful tales, most of which have never been in print. Virginia Folk Legends presents the first valid published collection of Virginia folk legends and is endorsed by the American Folklore Society.
Author | : Royall Tyler |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2012-08-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307784061 |
Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan—tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints, scoundrels, ghosts, magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese civilization. They ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished culture. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Author | : Linda Dégh |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
She shows how much more this method can reveal of the nature of folklore.
Author | : Texas Folklore Society |
Publisher | : University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9781574410556 |
A representative anthology of Texas folklore from the first half of the twentieth century, including legends, ghost stories, songs, proverbs, and other writings.
Author | : Anne E. Duggan Ph.D. |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 2815 |
Release | : 2016-02-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present. Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga, photography, and computer games. This second, expanded edition of an award-winning reference will help students and teachers as well as storytellers, writers, and creative artists delve into this enchanting world and keep pace with its past and its many new facets. Alphabetically organized and global in scope, the work is the only multivolume reference in English to offer encyclopedic coverage of this subject matter. The four-volume collection covers national, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Writers and illustrators are included as are filmmakers and composers—and, of course, the tales themselves. The expert entries within volumes 1 through 3 are based on the latest research and developments while the contents of volume 4 comprises tales and texts. While most books either present readers with tales from certain countries or cultures or with thematic entries, this encyclopedia stands alone in that it does both, making it a truly unique, one-stop resource.
Author | : Patrick B. Mullen |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Aged |
ISBN | : 9780252018084 |
Patrick Mullen examines how elderly people use folk traditions to engage others and pass on their wisdom and knowledge to succeeding generations. Based on interviews with nine people in their seventies and eighties who live in rural Virginia, North Carolina, and southern Ohio, this book shows how folklore enriches people's lives. Mullen places the folklore - local legends, jokes, personal-experience narratives, family history, folk medicine, planting signs, foodways, wood carving, belief systems, customs, folk architecture - within the context of the individuals' life stories and the culture of their local communities. The analysis concentrates on recurring themes in each person's folklore and the rhetorical strategies the storytellers use to interest listeners and assure that their traditions will be passed on.